# Senior GL Accountant

> BMAT Music Innovators · Barcelona, Spain (Remote) · — · Posted 2026-06-19

**Workplace:** remote

## Description

Take ownership of full-cycle accounting for several international entities, bridging the gap between local compliance and group-wide financial reporting. If you thrive in multi-jurisdictional environments, enjoy the complexity of tax compliance, and have a passion for driving process automation, this is the role for you.

**Financial Closing & Reporting**

-   Manage full-cycle monthly, quarterly, and annual closing processes across multiple group entities, ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial statements.
-   Prepare consolidated reporting packages and lead the audit support process, including preparing documentation and liaising with auditors.

**Tax & Regulatory Compliance**

-   Own tax compliance (VAT, GST, TVA, Sales & Use Tax, withholding) across various jurisdictions.
-   Coordinate directly with external local advisors to ensure all periodic tax filings and reporting requirements are met on time.

**Operational Accounting & Subsidiary Support**

-   Oversee day-to-day GL functions, including complex inter-company reconciliations, payroll entries, and fixed asset accounting.
-   Support the financial setup of new companies in the ERP and assist with the seamless accounting integration of new subsidiaries.

**Process Improvement & Optimisation**

-   Identify and solve accounting incidents, contributing to process automation and the standardisation of accounting procedures across the group.
-   Maintain rigorous documentation standards to support all transactions, audits, and compliance filings.

**You will collaborate closely with the accounting manager, the rest of the accounting team, and also with external advisors across different jurisdictions, in order to ensure financial integrity and alignment across the company. These collaborations are pivotal for achieving our organisational goals and ensuring effective communication and alignment across different areas of the company.**

## Requirements

**Must-haves**

-   **Experience:** Proven track record (4+ years) as a Senior GL Accountant or Accounting Specialist, specifically within complex or multi-entity environments.
-   **Accounting Expertise:** Solid, hands-on knowledge of full-cycle accounting, including month-end closings, reconciliations, and tax compliance (VAT, GST, Withholding, etc.).
-   **ERP & Tools:** Advanced proficiency in Excel and solid experience working with ERP systems.
-   **Language Skills:** Professional fluency in both English and Spanish (essential for our cross-jurisdictional collaboration).

**Nice-to-haves**

-   Experience with **SAGE X3**, **Power BI**, or **Lucanet** is highly valued.
-   Experience assisting with annual audits and consolidated financial reporting.

**Who You Are**

-   **Proactive & Independent:** You don’t just flag issues; you propose solutions. You thrive when taking ownership of your entities without needing constant oversight.
-   **Detail-Oriented:** You have a high standard for accuracy and treat documentation as a key part of your output, not an afterthought.
-   **Communicative:** You can bridge the gap between finance and operations/external advisors, ensuring technical concepts are understood by stakeholders.

### What success looks like

**Within 30 Days:**

During the first month, your primary focus will be on familiarizing yourself with essential aspects of the role and supporting foundational tasks.

-   Gain familiarity with accounting operations and procedures.
-   Familiarise yourself with existing accounting tools.
-   Begin actively participating in monthly closing processes under supervision.
-   Assist in the analysis of tax, payroll, and fixed assets areas, gaining an understanding of the existing processes.

**Within 60 Days:**

By the second month, you'll be expected to take on more complex responsibilities and actively contribute to team/project/strategic initiatives.

-   Independently manage specific tasks within the monthly closing processes, demonstrating increased efficiency and accuracy.
-   Take on more responsibility in the analysis and control of tax, payroll, and fixed assets areas, identifying areas for improvement.
-   Collaborate with the team to streamline accounting processes for foreign subsidiaries, ensuring consistency and accuracy.
-   Start contributing ideas for improvement and optimization initiatives based on observations and experiences during the initial period.

**Within 90 Days:**

At the end of the probationary period, you'll be expected to autonomously manage tasks, contribute to strategic planning, and take on leadership roles as appropriate.

-   Take full ownership of assigned tasks within the monthly closing processes, ensuring deadlines are met with high accuracy.
-   Demonstrate proficiency in the analysis and control of tax, payroll, and fixed assets areas, providing insights for process enhancements.
-   Independently manage the accounting for foreign subsidiaries, maintaining accurate records and compliance with regulations.

## Benefits

### You Can Enjoy

-   Flexible working hours and location
-   Flat hierarchy
-   You can make the role your own and run your own development
-   Online language classes to improve your Spanish or English
-   Online and onsite courses and music industry workshops run by inhouse experts
-   We’ll provide you with all equipment needed for you to be comfortable
-   Unlimited time off because we believe that you know best when you need to rest.
-   Barcelona HQ office available to you, kitted out with a rehearsal room [https://www.bmat.com/bmat-house/](https://www.bmat.com/bmat-house/)

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### Who the FAQ are BMAT

BMAT started in 2005 when a group of engineers with a passion for music decided to spin-off from an audio research lab in Barcelona. We’re now over 250 people, spread across Barcelona, Buenos Aires, Lima, Rio de Janeiro, London, Paris, New Jersey, Oslo, LA, Singapore, Tokyo, Manila, Bangkok and Lagos.

We’re [a team of pretty decent people](http://www.bmat.com/team) who enjoy working with each other. We’re open-minded and well-traveled, coming from all parts of the world. We’ve got rappers, producers, cello players, DJs, and songwriters. The passion for music and the excitement for innovative technology have proven to make a good combination.

BMAT has grown as a company of companies. Within BMAT there are a number of products and services that developed semi autonomously for different players – Digital Service Providers, Publishers and Collective Management Organisations.

_Diverse perspectives drive innovation, and innovation is kind of our thing. Our open-minded and flexible culture organically fosters this diversity. We've learnt that we thrive on learning from each other, so we don't just welcome but actively hire a range of open-minded people from all walks of life. Our team is made up of people with different backgrounds, perspectives, orientations, abilities, musical tastes, dress sense and time-zones - but we all have one common goal: Making the music world a better place. With equal opportunities for everyone, BMAT is a pretty nice place to work._

## Apply

[Apply at BMAT Music Innovators](https://apply.workable.com/bmat/j/5645E7A56D/apply)

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